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Beyond The Ruins, Watercolour on paper now available as a fine art print. The route here lies on a line from Colne and Lancashire in one direction and Haworth and the Bronte Moors in another. It was a freezing cold day, but a sunny one, and I was out looking for subject material to paint and exploring the ruins of Sunny Bank. One of my favourite places is out in the hills above Hebden Bridge, a market town set deep in the Calder Valley of West Yorkshire. Hebden Bridge is a ha

Using charcoal to gradually sculpt a realistic portrait.

In this short blog I aim to share the highs and lows of painter’s block and highlight some ways of shaking off the #blues and getting back t

This is a typical example of how I achieve my compositions. The radar is always switched on for combinations of design elements, such as ...

Welcome to the world of painting fatigue - a blog acknowledging tiredness through creativity.

Seven great tips for painting from photographs.

Seven useful tips for developing your own compositions.

An overview and description of my mountain painting, Weather Coming In

Three important considerations for pushing your watercolours to another level.

A blog post about using and mixing tone in the context of a painting.

If you’re new to painting or maybe you don’t paint at all but love #art, you might be intrigued to know how artists create their work. If you already paint you will no doubt be eager to read on and maybe pick up a few tips. "Often my subjects are captured from places and angles that you wouldn’t be able to erect an easel". What Makes A Painting? Composition is the arrangement of shapes and elements that form a harmonious assembly. It begins with shapes but there is far mor

Consider your use of edges whenever you start to paint.